• Secret way in, guarded by something vicious.
  • Sneak passed guard.
  • Key under the flowerpot.
  • Win favor in an arm wrestling match.
  • Get a guard drunk to where he walks off and forgets his key.
  • Get hired to guard something, to gain entrance to your objective. (have to prove worthy of being hired for the job)
  • Given a password to gain entrance to a long forgotten door after a long multiple quest line.
  • A quest that nets a key after doing a favor. Previous guard has a spare key but will only give it up after you get a special herb guarded by hideous hag, that will make a cure for his sick ailing mother.